Re: Job Growth Falls/Unemployment Up

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Here's John Prine's advice: "Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood."

That’s okay commomone, grovel some more. I’ll leave the last word to Reuters..

“Economists anticipated that the country would add 243,000 jobs in April compared to the 303,000 jobs that were added in initial estimates for March, and that the unemployment rate would remain unchanged at 3.8%, according to Reuters”

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